I’m going to put this in the simplest form possible.
My wife either cannot or is unwilling to give me the
physical affection I need. This goes from holding hands to
satisfying me sexually. Now in all fairness , she stopped taking
hormones years ago because of a cancer which she survived.
But in the process she has lost much of her femininity. And on
top of that she was never a sexual fireball to begin with.
She expects me to satisfy “ myself”, but I feel that in my late 60’s , I
just don’t want to do that anymore. This can lead me out the door
where I really don’t want to go. I’ll tell you ahead of time , she won’t
go to therapy at all. Either by herself or together. She says “ why don’t
you just give it up already “. Am I a child because I need physical affection ?